Mining Incidents

LaFrance Quarry: 6 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John E Preston
Wyalusing, Bradford County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609570

LaFrance Quarry has $424 in proposed MSHA penalties and $212 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
6
citations
0
significant & substantial
$424
proposed penalties
$212
paid to date
50% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $212 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
6
inspections on record
26
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 26 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LaFrance Quarry has $424 in proposed MSHA penalties and $212 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$424
proposed penalties
$424
current assessed
$212
paid to date
$212
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-10-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
75.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 25.0% moderate, 75.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Preston & Preston Inc. 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 2
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

LaFrance Quarry sits in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.9% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Bradford County, Pennsylvania · Population 59,971
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$62,482
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 81 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 44 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 0 1 0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 80 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.